No, the biggest difference will be that unlike players on all three other teams, no Cornell player is on an athletic or academic scholarship.

This year's Big Red lacrosse team, complete with some of the finest scholar-athletes in the country, is a testament to the fact that the Ivy League model of college athletics can work, and can be competitive at the very highest level in the nation.

And for that reason alone, no matter what happens this weekend in Baltimore, the Big Red lacrosse team is already composed of a bunch of champions in my book.